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Editor's note: This story has been updated to provide more candidacy details.

Current Ohio State Senate Republican candidate David Uible was charged Tuesday after deputies said he distributed campaign material under the Clermont County Republican Party without the party's permission.

On Tuesday Uible was charged with two misdemeanors, according to a release from the Clermont County Sheriff's Office: one count of falsification and one count of obstructing official business.

A report filed by Clermont County Republican Party Chairman Greg Simpson alleged that "an unknown person" printed and mailed campaign material to Clermont County residents which read "paid for by the Clermont County Republican Party, Greg Simpson, Chairman."

Simpson did not authorize the postcards, or "chasers," and the materials were not paid for by the party, according to the press release. Simpson filed the report with the Sheriff's Office on April 7.

Uible made false statements to a detective in an attempt to "mislead and obstruct this investigation," the release states.

Court documents state Uible denied any knowledge of the postcards or responsibility for generating the materials on April 9. The following day, investigators obtained evidence and statements from employees of Minuteman Press in Anderson Township that show Uible was responsible for the postcards and "even instructed them to destroy any evidence of the chaser in their shop."

Uible again denied any knowledge for the chasers, court documents state.

The Clermont County Sheriff states Uible paid for the campaign materials. The sheriff's office provided Simpson with all relevant information needed to file a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission.

A court date has yet to be set for Uible's charges, the release states.

The investigation is ongoing, deputies said. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Prosecutor Vince Faris at the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office at 513-732-7313.